Philippians, Volume 43: Revised Edition

Philippians Volume Revised Edition The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation This series emphasizes a thorough

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblicalThe Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.Overview of Commentary OrganizationIntroduction covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.Each section of the commentary includes Pericope Bibliography a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.Translation the author s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.Notes the author s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.Form Structure Setting a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.Comment verse by verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.Explanation brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels 1 within the context of the book itself 2 its meaning in the OT or NT 3 its place in the entire canon 4 theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.General Bibliography occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

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The introduction had me worried that this was going to be one of those "in left field" commentaries that makes a lot of assumptions without textual proof as it discusses many of the theories about the book of Philippians. However the commentary of the book looks at what the text says in a fair and careful manner. The commentary is pretty technical and dense. You are not going to sit down and read 20 pages at a time. However there is a lot of good discussion. I would recommend. This is my first W [...]